Welcome to /r/ChinaVisa! None of us are experts or visa professionals, but we have all been through the rigamarole of the visa process enough times (and done our homework on the new law changes) to offer sound advice.

Your best source for visa information is official PRC websites like this one or this one

{{{{{{IMPORTANT}}}}}} As of July 1 2013, new visa regulations are scheduled to go into effect. At this point nobody really knows how the hell this is going to affect things, so your guess is likely as good as ours.

If we can't answer your question, don't feel bad - remember, we aren't experts, and we don't want to lead you astray.

Reddit seems to like to throw a lot of submissions into the spam queue for some reason. If you don't see your post show up after an hour or so, send us a message.

Be respectful of other people, and do not insult other users based on their nation of origin. You will be banned without warning if we find you doing this.

The downvote arrow has been removed from the main page, as we want to encourage questions. It still remains in the actual thread for individual comments. As the downvote warning mentions, if you're going to downvote, report the post - as the only reason you should be downvoting is because the post runs afoul of the forum rules.